Both Instagram and Facebook removed this woman's body-positive photo, but she's not standing for it

Australian blogger and author Constance Hall has a message to spread: we should all feel comfortable in our bodies and the amazing things they can do. So it's disappointing to see that, even when the message is one of body positivity and confidence, major social networks like Instagram and Facebook are standing in her way of sharing it.

A post shared by constanceandtribe (@mrsconstancehall) on Jul 5, 2016 at 3:20am PDT

Constance posted a photo celebrating her mum body in its natural state to her 90,000 Instagram followers and her 816,000 Facebook page folllowers. While we don't know exactly what photo it was (it's not the photo above that was removed), it sounds as though it was an affectionate one of Constance along with her daughter.

But some people don't want to see Constance's 'mum-bod' or the message of empowerment that goes with it. And worse - they evidently believe nobody else should be able to see or hear it either. Somebody reported the photo to admin, and both Instagram and Facebook made the decision to take it down.

But Constance wasn't having any of it, and in retaliation posted this brilliant photo:

A post shared by constanceandtribe (@mrsconstancehall) on Jul 27, 2016 at 10:53pm PDT

Sticking the finger up at the establishment, Constance wrote: "Facebook and Insti deleted the photo of my glorious curvaceous comfy body the other night. In an act that can only be described as #mumbod envy. Don't worry admin, one day you will have a comfy #mumbod too."

A post shared by constanceandtribe (@mrsconstancehall) on Jul 17, 2016 at 4:56pm PDT

Time after time we've seen major social networks prove they're refusing to embrace wholly natural concepts like breast-feeding, or women's bodies which don't resemble a Barbie's. And it's a subtle but damaging message; because this is just what most people look like.

So good on Constance for standing up to it, and to the person or people who were clearly so offended by the presence of her bare body on their Facebook feed that they had to ruin its empowering message for the rest of us.